Safety-van for railway-trains.



No. 639,367. Patented Dec. l9. |899u J. E'MDEN.

SAFETY VAN FOR RAILWAY TRAINS.

(Application filed Jan. 3, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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JULIUS EHDEN, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

SAFETY-VAN FOR RAILWAY-TRIM NS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,367, dated December19, 1899. Application filed January 3, 1899, Serial N0. 701,020. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUs EMDEN, a citizen of the Empire of Germany,residing at Hamburg, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safety-Vans for Railway-Trains, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relatesto safety-vans for railway-trains, the objectbeing to provide a van, truck, or wagon to be inserted between theengine and the first wagon'or car of the train for the purpose ofavoiding running off the rails as much as possible and deadening thejerks produced on the engine by collision or braking; and it consists inthe novel con struction, combination, and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in theappended claims.

In order that this my invention may be the more readily understood andcarried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to theaccompanying illustrative drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the headportion of a railway-train with the improved safety-van constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesafety-vanshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional end view on line a soof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the safety-van, and Fig. 6 is a similar view ofthe specially-constructed engine.

In the drawings like letters refer to like parts throughout all thefigures.

The new or improved safety van, truck, or wagon c is embodied in anysuitable strong and heavy construction, so as to have sufficient weightand resistance to withstand and take up the jerks produced on the engineby collisions or sudden braking.

From the lower fore part of the safety van,

I truck, or wagon extend horizontally-projecting beams or girders a a,running along the sides of the engine-frame or extending into loops oropenings provided in the bottom of the engine, correspondinglyconstructed or modified, whereby the latter will be prevented fromrunning off the rails, as might otherwise occur by collisions. Thecentral and upper part of the safety van, truck, orwagon is providedwith similar beams or girders b b, suitably connected with the frame ofsaid safetyvan and extending through loops d, arranged on posts orsupports 61, secured on the engine frame. Said beams or girders Z) Z)will form a kind of rooffing over the engine to prevent the latter frombeing lifted over the rails.

Under the side beams or girders a a are cross-beams e, suitably securedto the engineframe, for the purpose of preventing the engine from beinglifted by engaging said beams or girders a a.

The various beams or girders are horizontally arranged, so that theengine might freely move into and out of engagement with said beams orgirders to be easily and readily coupled and uncoupled and to leavesufficient space for storing coal and the like.

On the rear side of the safety van, truck, or wagon, which is notprovided with the usual buffers, I have disposed a suitable cushion s,and the adjacent side of the next wagon, also unprovided with buffers,has a similar cushion 5, said cushions serving as a substitute for thebuffers to take up the jerks produced by collisions or sudden braking.

I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the preciseconstruction and relative arrangement of parts shown and described solong as the peculiar features of the invention be retained.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A van or car adapted to be coupled up in a train intermediate thelocomotive and the adjacent car, comprising a framework mounted uponsupporting-wheels to adapt it to run upon the rails, andlongitudinallyarranged beams or girders projecting forwardly beyond theframework, said beams being arranged toward each side of the frame workat the top and bottom thereof, the upper beams being adapted to extendover the locomotive and engage with a fixed part there of, to preventthe locomotive rising vertically off of the rails, and the lower beamsbeing adapted to extend along each side of the loco motive to preventlateral movement thereof.

2. A van or car adapted to be coupled up in a train intermediate'thelocomotive and the adjacent car, comprising a framework mounted uponsupporting-wheels to adapt it to run upon the rails, andlongitudinally-an ranged beams or girders projecting forwardly ed toextend along each side of the locomotive beyond the framework, saidbeams being arto prevent lateral movement thereof, and a lo ranghed1towardde geltit sideflof uh? frlamework buffer arranged at the rear endof the van.

at t e 'op an 0 0m ereo 6 upper T beams being adapted to extend over theloco- JULIL S EMDEN' motive and engage with a fixed part thereofWitnesses:

toprevent the locomotive rising vertically off e E. H. R. MUMMENHOFF,

of the rails, and the lower beams being adaptl OTTO NV. I-IENNERIOH.

